School of Law
Law Professor Receives International Acclaim
Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:34:00 BST
Professor A F M Maniruzzaman’s article “The Pursuit of Stability in International Energy Investment Contracts: A Critical Appraisal of the Emerging Trends” published in Journal of World Energy Law and Business has received international acclaim. Recently, the Editorial Team of the Journal have selected its popular articles (including Professor Maniruzzaman’s) to make them freely available online for the worldwide audience.
Professor Maniruzzaman’s several recently published articles such as “Creeping Legitimacy of Corporate Social Responsibility” and "Addressing the Global Climate Change Problem in GATT/WTO Law: The Vision of a New International Climate Law Based on International Distributive Justice.” (with Ahmad Al Tayer), amongst some others, have been in the top 10 download list for many weeks in the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), an on line network for academic papers. Articles that reach the Top 10 for a subject means the article was one of the most frequently downloaded during the 60 days after it was posted. It is notable that his article “Creeping Legitimacy of Corporate Social Responsibility” (in the TOP 10 Papers for Journal of SRPN: Other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)) has currently received the status of ALL TIMES HITS (for all papers in SSRN eLibrary (January 2, 1997 to July 11, 2012).